You are one of these mercenaries.
They must have had decent stealth engines, because the sensors didn't pick them up until their cannons hit the engines of your ship. Pirates, despicable scum, if you look past the fact that they're just looking for their next meal, and maybe a new phone if they're lucky. The battle was brief, and ended with two disabled ships drifting beside each other. The pirate shots shook the ship and damaged engines and reactors badly, knocking the crew unconscious and making the ship run on backup generators, even those damages.
Luckily, the transport ship managed to disable the pirate ship as well, despite not having much in way of dakka. But your life support isn't running at its full capacity, and it's only a matter of time before your oxygen runs out unless you manage to fix it before the pirates fix their ship.
You wake up on the cold, metal floor, your head clouded. The light are flickering, and it's feeling a little chilly.
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We haven't actually had a good grounded RP since Wasteland. Will this change that? I hope so.
TL;DR you are a merc on a transport ship carrying something special, pirates attacked, and life support is broken.
Rules are the regular stuff, you know it by now.
Application is as follows: